A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value read more

A friend should be one in whose understanding and virtue we can equally confide, and whose opinion we can value at once for its justness and its sincerity.

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of read more

I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. -Randolph S. Bourne.

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing. -Randolph S. Bourne.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

Friendship is the golden thread that ties the heart of all the world.

When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up read more

When a friend is in trouble, don’t annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.

We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't read more

We are friends and I do like to pass the day with you in serious and inconsequential chatter. I wouldn't mind washing up beside you, dusting beside you, reading the back half of the paper while you read the front. We are friends and I would miss you, do miss you and think of you very often.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Sometimes you put walls up not to keep people out, but to see who cares enough to break them down.

Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
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Oh, how you wrong our friendship, valiant youth.
With friends there is not such a word as debt:
Where amity is ty'd with band of truth,
All benefits are there in common set.

Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog.

Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog.